Add/Remove Filter

Fathom Reference > Fathom Menus > Object Menu > Add/Remove Filter

When the selected object has no filter, this adds a filter to the selected object and shows the formula editor, where you can specify which cases pass through the filter. When the selected object has a filter, the command changes to Remove Filter and takes off the existing filter. Re-selecting Add Filter when a filter was removed puts the previous filter back. (Use this for toggling back and forth between the filtered and unfiltered state. If you want to change an existing filter, double-click it (it sits below the filtered object) to show a formula editor.)

A filter is a Boolean expression (an expression that results in true or false values, such as sex = “female” or age > 21) applied to an object to restrict the cases that object displays. Only cases for which the expression is true are displayed (see Make Boolean Expressions).

To filter one object, such as a graph, apply the filter to that object; to filter all objects connected to a collection, add the filter to the collection.

Shortcut: Win: Ctrl+F; Mac: z+F

See also

Write a Filter

Restrict the Cases You See by Filtering Data